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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LXVr SCENES AT ST. MATTHEW’S GROUND-BREAKING—Top picture, Master Iverness Dukes, youngest member of the church, spade of dirt. To the right of him , . . „ Mrs. Eliza „ Pol- , getting a is lard Deveaux, oldest member of the church, first to spade the ground. Senior Warden Marion Johnston is shown directing A very interesting and preciative crowd witnessed ground-breaking exercises 3t. Matthew’s Episcopal Sunday afternoon. The impressive services, icipated in by most of the jor religious denominations he city, were directed by Called "Boy"; Kills Deputy, Then Slain by Another Officer Girl Seoul Officials Defy Dixie Hate Mob White Neighbors Draw Color Line Then Burn Cross c. TO MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT rhe Citizens Democratic club 1 hold a mass meeting Wed- sday evening, July 14, at 8 lock at Mt- Tabor urch, East Broad and eet, Rev. Martin, pastor, rious speakers will be on the ogram. J. W. president. , mu ml. auannah ther Gustave H- Caution, of the church. The were represented by the John Q. Adams; the Methodist Episcopal church Rev. Felix W. Bagby; the byterians by Rev. P- A. terson, and the alists by Prof. Robert W- COLORADO SPRINGS Wc the unders'gned have cided that no one sh:»n into the neighborhood < people of the Caucasian This petition signed by all citizens of the south side munity with the exception thre, Friday. June 18, was ected against S. T. Graham, resident of the city, who purchased a home in that Continued on Page 5 Master Dukes. Father Gustave H. Caution and members of choir are also shown. Bottom picture—Dignitaries blessing the ground. At the mike> Rev John Q Adams, Rev. F. W. Bagby, directly behind. R w Gadsden, Father Caution, Rev. II. W. Murph and Rev. P. a. Patterson. Wilson P Hubert is at the extreme left. den. The principal address was de¬ livered by the Rev. Henry W Murph, pastor of St. Philip AME church. The high point of the cere¬ monies came when the ground was broken by Mrs Eliza Pol¬ NEW YORK—Despite the vasion of a Girl Scouts ing camp near Bessemer, Ala. on June 11 by a band of ed and robed men, officials the organization refused to intimidated, it was learned week, when they that they would continue conduct training centers of kind throughout the country. The camp was ordered up by the men after two women instructors had searched and told that the idents of the area “don’t Negroes and whites living gethef.” Unpleasant Continued on. Page Five SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUDY 8, 1948 lard Deveaux, oldest member of the church, followed by Master Inverness Dukes, youngest member, who also turned a shovel full of dirt. members of the various depart¬ ments of the church took their Continued on Page 5 HELENA,, Ark. (ANP) — Be¬ cause a white planter insisted on calling grown colored men “boys,” one white deputy iff and one Negro wore kilted hure lqjst week. The storekeeper, Herman Dolphin. 22, while shot and killed Deputy Sheriff L. D. Weaver, and then killed by Deputy Sheriff Clay C.iver. At cording to Sheriff Ed Hic¬ key, the trouble began when a white planter, Milton Stewart called some Negro men when he asked them to him repair a trailer. The store- kPej)cr told the planter were no boys there and enter¬ | 'd his store. The white man said he came out and threat¬ j | ened him and he reported ^ le s uerii f s herif f sent the two dep- uties to see the storekeeper Then they arrest ed Dolphin ‘ Continued on Page a Burned on Lawn 01 Larkin Marshall MACON, Ga., July 1.—The home of Larkin Marshall, well- known Negro political leader. Is the latest target for a mysteri¬ ous Macon cross burning. A flaming cross more than eight feet tail was planted in the front yard of Marshall’s home on Miller Field road shortly be¬ fore midnight last night. Marshall says he and his family were home at the time and they knew nothing about it until a nextdoor neighbor Will Ford, called them When he went out in the yard, the cross was on fire from one end ao the other. There was nc trace of the persons who ar¬ ranged it, however, and they left no clue of their identity except the cross Itself. Marshall says the cross was strongly built of heavy sections of wood bolted together and j soaked wrapped in in gasoline burlap. It had been to set it on fire. Marshall is the candidate for U. S. senator named by the People's Progressive Party of Georgia, supporters of Henry Wallace He is also head of the Bibb County Progressive Demo¬ cratic club. <* * Over 2000 Persons Attended Mass Meeting Georgia Voters League A crowd of more than thousand persons was at Grayson Stadium Monday in attendance at the mass ing of the Georgia Voters gue. The afternoon’s began with a softball game followed by a baseball and other activities, up with an address by David S. Atkinson of the nam County Superior Court, which, among other things, said, ‘‘our people must have (least three essentials, health education and a feeling of mor¬ al responsibility to make democratic idea work He closed his impressive ad¬ dress by asserting: ”1 am an optimist America. I have an faith in my country and her people. As the Declaration Independence has, in its short life, become the beacon light of hope to millions of throughout the world, and if Continued on Page Five DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF MASONS • At the recent communica¬ tion of the Most "Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. A Ml., held in Columbus, Ga , Past Master X. L. Neal of W. C Thomas Lodge No 112, of At¬ lanta. Ga , was elected as Depu¬ ty Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. Deputy Neal lias prov¬ en to be a worthy Mason. As Worshipful Master of his lodge, the membership increas¬ ed considerably nearly double. As a ritualistic it is difficult to surpass him. He is keeping in the vanguard of the active young brothers. ,, Frees Policemen Who Used on Woman MEMPHIS <ANP>—Two po¬ lice officers who beat a Negro woman with their fists and blackjacks while she was un¬ der arrest, were freed by the police commissioner last week The woman, Miss Viola Moore was moved from the county jail and sent to John Gaston hos¬ pital. Hospital reports say she is “getting along all right.” She is suffering from possible in¬ ternal injuries and bruises on her left side. After the beating, both eyes were closed. The two arresting officers were Frank M. Scott and Bar¬ ney L. Lofton, Jr. They said they arrested her on call from the Jefferson food shop Che was accused of being disorderly and drinking. According to the officers, in the squad car the colored wo- Contlnued on Page 5 New Funeral Home to be Formally Opened Florida Gets a New Boy Scout Camp FLA. COLLEGE OFFICIALS GET RAISE IN SALARY TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The budget commission Florida A. and M. college approved a raise in salary $5,500 to $7,500 a year for ident W. II. Gray, Jr., and from $4,000 to $5,700 for j Manager J. R. Lee, Jr. , I The board of control manager explained that raise was granted to replace discontinuing of free and maid service which been supplied the two officials for many years. The state will maintain policy of furnishing a home for President Gray, as it does for other state tutions. OKS Holds 49th Session HOLDS ONE-MAN ART SHOW GIVES ONE-MAN ART SHOW —A group of paintings by Ellis Wilson, gllted colored Ameri¬ can artist, arc being exhibited in a one-man show at the J. B. Speed Museum in Louisville. Ky., for the period of a month- Many of these paintings come straight from a highly success¬ ful exhibit given Mr. Wilson at a 57th Street art gallery, cen¬ ~MMer ylUDIT f BUREAU Circulations Health Chief Refuses Give First Aid To Women INDIANAPOLIS (ANP) — Dr. Gerald F Kempf, Indianapolis health director, refused to leave his office and treat a janitress suffering from acute indigestion, although she lay suffering on the floor immedi¬ ately above his office in the city hall. Mayor A1 Feeney rushed to the fourth floor and accompanied Mrs. Frances Lo¬ the janitress, to the city and publicly stated “He's the first doctor I ever in my life, who refused to first aid.” In addition he the board of health to an investigation. Drs. M. Gastlneau and Sum¬ A. Furniss were named to the matter. The recent dedication of Camp Howard at Paoli, Fla., west of Sanford, for Negro boys n the Boy Sccout Movement, demon¬ strates both the growth of the organization in that area and the practical help given by the white leaders in behalf of col¬ ored youth. The 105-acre site was pur chased by William E. Howard retired New York businessman and the late Joshua Coffin Chase, citrus grower and ship¬ per of Sanford, Fla- Mr. Howard is a member o£ the Section on Negro Work of the Boy Scouts’ National Com¬ mittee on Interacial Service His winter home is near San¬ ford. The late Mr. Chase was born Continued on Page 5 ter of New York City’9 art ac¬ tivity, last month. Wilson, a graduate of the Art Institute in Chicago, is a two-time Guggenheim award winner, having received the award in 1944 and, again, In 1946, for his powerful and un¬ derstanding portrayal of the Negro people. His works are in oil and combine a dynamic use of color with a simplicity of line. The New York Times wrote of his work: "His intense colors and simple outlines in¬ vest his figures with almost heroic proportions and great simple outline^ invest his fig¬ ures with almost heroic pro¬ portions and great simple dig. nity . . ” Said Cadyle Burrows of the New York Herald Tri¬ bune: “His coloring combines sensuousness with taste and it attains a high pont in thf foreground of his “Drying Nets’ . . The elemental strength in his bold and simple forms is readily felt. ” ■ . . I This artist has held severa Continued ou Page 5 NUMBER 38 Va. Scores Another First ROANOKE, Va. (ANP)— Roa¬ noke became the second Virgin¬ ia city with an elected Negro official when Dr. Harry T- Penn, local dentist, was voted a member of the city's six man school board last month. He will take office Sept 1 1948, and serve for four years. He Is the first Negro to have served on the city's school board since Reconstruction days. Dr. Penn Is married and has two children. In December t Continued on Page 5 On Sunday, July 11, at 6 o’clock, the Williams and Wil¬ liams Funeral Home, 1012-1014 Edst Gwinnett street, will have its formal opening, a dedica¬ tion program in the beautitul new building which has been recently completed. The public is invited to attend the pro¬ gram and to inspect the build¬ ing. The morturary is both mod¬ ern and conveniently located on Gwinnett street, near Wat¬ ers avenue. Tile building hous¬ es the very latest In equipment and rolling stock, making it one of the most complete and attractive funeral homes in this section. George Campbell Williams and O. <H. Williams, two enter¬ prising young men of this city, are the sole owners. George Williams, popular civic worker, la a product of Beach high school, and a mem- Contlnued on Page 5 MACON, Ga.—The 49th an¬ session of the prince Hall Chapter of the Order of Star for Georgia was Monday night, June 28 with a welcome program at Moriah Baptist church Mrs. Amy J. Dunn, chairman foreign coerrspondence and matron of Central City No. 46 (the host chap¬ ter.) was in charge of the pro¬ which was presented be¬ a large audience as follows: Procession of grand chapter officers with Mrs. Hattie Phil¬ lips as flag bearer; National Anthem; invocation; music by Mt. Moriah choir; welcome on behalf of church, Mrs. Roberta Holmes; solo, Louis Little, ac¬ companied by Mrs. Minnie Richardson; welcome on behalf community, Mrs. Clara Bynes. Georgia Baptist college, Prof F. D- Graves; Central City Chapter, Mrs. Clara P. Smith; Mrs. Carrie L- Taylor Machen, Ga.; solo, Mrs. Gid- of Atlanta, accompanied Miss Willa Mae Ayers of Sa¬ physicians and den- Continued on page 2